Friday, August 7, 2015

Review - 'Baby, It's Cold Outside' by Addison Fox

Review -

Walker is a lawyer up in Alaska and he's working with Sloan's best friend,
Grier, in an inheritance battle with Grier's half-sister. It sounded
interesting but I was disappointed.
The book doesn’t just focus on one couple but a lot of other couples. The main
couple is Sloan and Walker but the reader doesn’t see a lot of them until a
little past the midway point of the book. The author decided to introduce
readers to the next couples/next books in the series instead of focusing on
Sloan and Walker. So we meet Grier and Mick; Avery and Roman; Jessica and Jack.
There’s romance hinted at with Julia and Dr. Cloud, plus Amanda and Skate. So,
as you can see, books 2, 3 and 4 of the series are pretty much ready to go plus
little romances intertwined. All I kept thinking was ‘Where the heck is Sloan
and Walker, the couple in THIS book?’ We even get a sex scene with Grier and
Mick before we get one with Sloan and Walker. The author wrote the POV shifts
correctly, meaning she started a new chapter or used a scene break to change
POV, but I don’t like reading books in minor characters’ POVs when the main
couple is ignored.
I couldn’t connect well with any of the characters because the author kept jumping
from heroine to heroine, hero to hero, for me to understand and fall in love
with any set couple. I also didn’t like how ALL the characters kept secrets
from each other. I understand creating suspense for the reader but, by the time
some of the secrets were revealed, I just didn’t care anymore or I’d already
guessed it.
The book is repetitive. The same characters kept saying the same thing,
thinking the same thing and using the same excuse as to why they shouldn’t do
something. And I didn’t understand the rules behind the bachelorette
competition/bachelor auction. Rules were hinted at but not fully explained even
as the festivities happened. Maybe I just missed it as I read.
What I liked about the book was the nosy grandmas and the town’s inhabitants.
Indigo, Alaska sounds like a wonderful place to live. Even though it’s
freezing, it’s warm with company and love. I thought it was weird, however,
that the grandmas who are in their sixties or seventies and a few other older
people dropped the F-bomb as if it was no big deal. Just didn’t make sense.
The book was very well written with no typos, which is a breath of fresh air
for me since I’ve read a lot of books lately with typos and grammar issues, and
I like the author’s style of writing. I just didn’t like that she included so
many characters with their own stories in book 1 of the series.
3 Stars

Disclaimer – I bought this book for my own enjoyment. I am a reader. I am not
paid or compensated in any way, shape or form for this honest review. I will
not change or alter this review for any reason unless at my discretion.

About Me

Amber
Daulton lives her life by that one belief even though she normally isn’t so
Zen.

As a fan of contemporary, paranormal, and historical romance novels
alike, she can’t get enough of feisty heroines and alpha heroes. Her mind is a
wonderland of adventure, laughter, and awesome ways of kicking a guy when he’s
down. She probably wouldn’t be too sane without her computer and notebooks.
After all, what’s a girl to do when people are jabbering away in her head, and
it’s hard to shut them up? Write! Nothing else works.